CVE-2009-3701
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the administration interface in Horde Application Framework before 3.3.6, Horde…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 4.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the administration interface in Horde Application Framework before 3.3.6, Horde Groupware before 1.2.5, and Horde Groupware Webmail Edition before 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to (1) phpshell.php, (2) cmdshell.php, or (3) sqlshell.php in admin/, related to the PHP_SELF variable.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Horde 3.3.5 - 'PHP_SELF' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10512webapps, phppublished 17 Dec 2009Verified
- Horde 3.3.5 - Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33406webapps, phppublished 15 Dec 2009Verified
- Horde 3.3.5 - '/Administration Interface admin/cmdshell.php?PATH_INFO' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33407webapps, phppublished 15 Dec 2009Verified
- Horde 3.3.5 - '/Administration Interface admin/sqlshell.php?PATH_INFO' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33408webapps, phppublished 15 Dec 2009Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- 37823 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [announce] 20091216 Horde Groupware 1.2.5 (final) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20091217 [ISecAuditors Security Advisories] Horde 3.3.5 "PHP_SELF" Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- [announce] 20091215 Horde 3.3.6 (final) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://cvs.horde.org/diff.php/horde/docs/CHANGES?r1=1.515.2.559&r2=1.515.2.589&ty=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3549 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20091217 [ISecAuditors Security Advisories] Horde 3.3.5 "PHP_SELF" Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- horde-admininterface-xss(54817) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 37351 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [announce] 20091217 Horde Groupware Webmail Edition 1.2.5 (final) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 37709 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3572 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1023365 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3674 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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